Going Viral : Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World /
Schweitzer, Dahlia
Going Viral : Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World / Dahlia Schweitzer. - 1 online resource (256 p.) : 35 black and white photographs
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Postapocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813593159 9780813593180
10.36019/9780813593180 doi
2017014954
Apocalypse in mass media.
Epidemics in mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
24. 28 days later. Ebola. I am Legend. SARS. World War Z. X FIles. anxiety. disease. globalism. outbreak. pandemic. plague. survivors. terrorism. viral. virus. walking dead. zombie.
P96.E632 / U673 2018
791.43/615
Going Viral : Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World / Dahlia Schweitzer. - 1 online resource (256 p.) : 35 black and white photographs
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Postapocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813593159 9780813593180
10.36019/9780813593180 doi
2017014954
Apocalypse in mass media.
Epidemics in mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
24. 28 days later. Ebola. I am Legend. SARS. World War Z. X FIles. anxiety. disease. globalism. outbreak. pandemic. plague. survivors. terrorism. viral. virus. walking dead. zombie.
P96.E632 / U673 2018
791.43/615